Bookbinder.



J. J. RALEK.

v 'BO0KB!NDER.

APPLICATION FILE-D 153.26, 1918. RENEwEn MAR. 14.1919.

1,30 l ,320. Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEETvZ.

JOHN J'. RAIAEK, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN'OR TO HENRY R. HUNTTING, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOKBINDER.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application led February 26, 1918, Serial No. 219,219. Renewed March 14, 1919. Serial No. 282,734.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. RALEK, asubject of the Emperor of Austria, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York,'have invented a new and Improved Bookbinder, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

lThis invention relatesto book binders or the like and has particular reference to temporary binders for newspapers, magazines or the like, and making bound books.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide improved facilities for binding or Vholding periodicals, `the several unitsbeing adapted to be attached or Bled in the binder 1n an easy manner individually, and then when the volume or assemblage is completed it may be removed from the binder in bound form' so as to be so retained for use like an ordinary book or tiled away as may be desired, leaving the binder ready for a subsequent operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a temporary binder or the like having facilities for removal therefrom of yan assemblage or collection of newspapers, sheets, magazines or the like at any time irrespective of the completeness of the assemblage, the arrangement being such that such assemblage may be removed and replaced if desired, but whether complete or not the units of the assemblage may always be handled as a single complete volume when detached fromthe binder.

` With the foregoing and other objects in view theinv'ention `consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention isnot restricted to the exact-.details of constriiction disclosed Yor suggested herein,

still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which*- Figure 1 is'a perspective view of `my imroved binder lying open and with a book or like assemblage of periodical units therein.,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the binder showing the position of the clips preliminary to the introduction 0f the pin bar.

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the pin bar attached and ready for the application of the periodical units or signatures.

Fig. l indicates the neXt successive step or with one of the cover sheets in place on the pins.

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section of the complete binder with a book therein, the section being on the plane of one of the pivots.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the pins showin its relation to the pin bar.

Fig. is a perspective view of one of the pivoted clips; and Y Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of a book bound by my improved binding device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings I show a binder comprising a pair of sti' boards 10 and 11 of any suitable size, material or construction having their inner or adjacent edges connected by a flexible back 12 of any suitable strong, tough and durable material.

13 indicates an anchor bar. This anchor bar is secured on the inside of the back adjacent and parallel to the inner edge of the board l1. Any suitable vmeans may be provided to make this attachment permanent and secure, the means indicated as including a series of rivets 14, or their equivalent, each having ahead on its outerend and clenched or upset on its inner end over the pivot e'nd 15 of a friction clipl. These clips as shown best in detail in Fig. 7 are throughout their main portion U-shaped in lcross sectionei'cept that the end 15 thereof is flat and of a length and width substantially equal to the width of the anchor bar upon the inner face of which it is centrally pivoted. Any suitable number of these clips may be employed, depending upon the length of the anchor bar and other conditions. As indicated in Fig. 2 they are adapted to` be turned with comparative' freedom aronnd the axes of the pivots 14 when the binder is laid out flat and with the boards l0 and 11 lying in substantially the same plane.

17 indicates what I term the pin bar formed of wood or some other relatively cheap stiff `material and which becomes a partof the ermanent binder forthe book and detacha 1e from the temporary binder. The pin bar constitutes a carrier or holder for a series of pins 1S of any suitable nature but each having a head 19 of very slight body portions of the clips engaging friction-` ally upon the pin bar as shown in Fig. 3. The space between the sides of each clip is substantially equal to the cross section of the pin bar. With the clips turned into embracing position from opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the anchor bar the pin bar will be held from movement in any direction until the clips are released therefrom. These clips may be made of any suitable strong but relatively thin sheet metal or its equivalent. The readers attention is now called to the cover strips for the book, the first one being shown at 20, the same having a rib 21 attached theretov as by means of a hinge strip 22 or the like. The rib 21 is prov-ided with holes 23 through which the pins pass, bringing the hinge portion of the cover stri 3 directly on top of the pin barand clips holding the same. The magazines, newspapers or other periodical units or signatures shown at 24 are then put upon the the pins, each unit thereof being held temporarily by the bending down of the pins. When the next unit is to be put in place, however, if the work is being done day after day, or week by week according to the nature of the periodical, the points of the pins are bent up for this purpose and then bent down again aft-er the next unit is applied.

25 indicates the last cover strip having a rib 26 and hinge 27 of a nature corresponding to the first cover strip. Then the volume or book is completed the nal cover strip 25 is put upon the pins, the pins passing y through holes 28 formed through thevrib 26 and the points are thenbent down finally as shown in Fig.. 1. With thel device lying out fiat as shown in Fig. 1 the operator may easily withdraw a= portion of the clips by @Plyis his. thumbs?, flussi: mail@ ether y ing operation.

instrument to the notched portion 16 thereof, the book is then turned over so that the operator has access to the remaining clips which are in turn withdrawn from the pin bar leaving the'book freeto be lifted; from the binding device so that the book mayV be filed away or used as any other book, and the binding device will beleft inthe form shown inFig. 2 ready for a subsequent bind- In this connection I Wish to make several observations, first, this device constitutes a means or device for bindingbooks in succession rather than constituting a permanent binder. for a book. In other words a book bound by this device is shown `in Fig. 8, while the same binder as a mechanical contrivance may be used repeatedly and indefinitely for binding purposes. Again, the'pinbar may be furnishedat a tritling cost, and butfor the cover strips:

20 and 25 the expense incident to the bindbar similar tothe pin bar and Which' takes the place of the rib 261if the cover strips are not used. From what has just been stated it is to be understood that for some purposes the cover strips 20 and 25 may not be required, in which case I employ simply the pin bar, a series of pinsgandA a iinal barthat may 'ber a duplicate of the pin bar. viously, however, a more serviceable book is formed with the use of the cover strips.

It will thus-be seen that I provide a means or device for the easy and ready transfer of loose leaves or sheets from` ledgers or other temporary records and sobind themthat they may be filed away for safe keepingand ready reference, and at a very. trifiing cost. Y r

I claim: Y

1. The herein described binding device for repeated use in binding books, the same comprising in combination a flexible back,:a relatively stiff anchor member xed alongA one of U-shape in cross section, substantially as@ set forth.

3. In a book binding, device, the combination of a relativelyl rigid bar constitutingarr anchor member, means to hold saidV anchor member. and a series of. clips pivotally corrnected-for coperation ,with one face of saidv anchor member.; each, clip. comprising a body of U-shape in cross section and a flat extencover strips and signatures, and a carrier for sion at one end thereof through which the said holding devices extending along and fastening means therefor passes. parallel to one of said cover strips, said car- 10 K 4.. In a book binder, the combination with rier constituting a means for temporarily 5 a plurality of units or signatures, cover holding the book during the binding operastrips embracing the same, a series of bendtion. able holding devices passing through said JOHN J. RALEK.

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